Articles By: More Front Wing Staff
Mazda Road to Indy round-up: Veach, Pigot, Enerson win in St. Petersburg
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Zach Veach won in Indy Lights, Spencer Pigot won in Pro Mazda, and RC Enerson won in USF2000. Here’s the full rundown of the Mazda Road to Indy race results from Sunday at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Hot quotes from the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
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A number of Verizon IndyCar Series drivers had strong opinions and interesting insight following the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Here’s a selection of their comments.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
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The 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season is now in full swing with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg now in the books. Click the link to find the More Front Wing crew’s first impressions of the opening event of the year and add your own!
Sato earns Verizon P1 Award for Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
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[INDYCAR PR] Takuma Sato earned the Verizon P1 Award for the Verizon IndyCar Series season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg with a lap of 1 minute, 1.8686 seconds on a quickly drying 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit.
Pigot dominates, Franzoni wins close battle in Mazda Road to Indy day 1 at St. Petersburg
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[Andersen PR] Spencer Pigot dominated Pro Mazda’s first race of the weekend in St. Petersburg, but Victor Franzoni needed to work harder to keep RC Enerson behind him and claim the win in USF2000.
MFW podcast episode 102: Season preview
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This week on the More Front Wing podcast is our Verizon IndyCar Series season preview! We look at the new title sponsor, a wide variety of incoming rule changes, and make our predictions for how this year in IndyCar will play out. Give us a listen!
Bumgarner to contest full Pro Mazda season with World Speed Motorsports
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[Michele Bumgarner PR] Michele Bumgarner will compete in the Pro Mazda Championship presented Cooper Tires with World Speed Motorsports for the 2014 season.
2014 Verizon IndyCar Series: Our predictions
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Can Scott Dixon successfully defend his title, or will the Verizon IndyCar Series see a new champion in 2014? We tackle these questions and many more as we make our pre-season predictions.
Meet our 2014 Mazda Road to Indy driver bloggers
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We’re thrilled to introduce a greatly expanded driver blogger line-up for 2014 featuring five drivers from all three levels of the Mazda Road to Indy!
Belli joins INDYCAR as Director of Aerodynamic Development
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[INDYCAR PR] INDYCAR announced today that longtime development and race engineer Tino Belli will join the sanctioning body’s technical group as Director of Aerodynamic Development in early April.
Vittorio Ghirelli to pilot #22 for Team Moore Racing in Indy Lights for 2014
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[Team Moore PR] Team Moore Racing announced today that it has signed 19 year-old Italian Vittorio Ghirelli to drive the #22 car for the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires 2014 season.
Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix renews partnership with City of Windsor
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[Detroit PR] As a part of the enhanced relationship in 2014, Canadian fans will once again be able to experience an easy, safe and cost-effective way to cross the international border and enjoy the world-class auto racing, exciting off-track activities and family fun during the Grand Prix, May 30 – June 1 at beautiful Belle Isle Park.